| December 29, 2010 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- PepsiCo moves toward healthful snacks with Tropolis
PepsiCo is launching Tropolis, a pureed fruit product sold in pouches that is being positioned as a snack rather than a drink. "We see the emerging opportunity to 'snackify' beverages and 'drinkify' snacks as the next frontier in food and beverage convenience," said CEO Indra Nooyi. Future products might combine dairy with fruit, nuts, grains and juices, she said. The Wall Street Journal (12/28)        - Frito-Lay sets all-natural goal: About half the products sold by Frito-Lay North America, including those in the Lay's, Tostitos and SunChips lines, will be made without artificial ingredients or MSG by the end of 2011, said company officials. They promise customers won't taste the difference. Convenience Store News (12/28) , Drug Store News (12/28)
- Sara Lee to sell Down Under cleaning brands
 Symex Holdings, a detergent maker based in Australia, will buy from Sara Lee its White King and Janola businesses, which make bleach and other cleaning products sold in New Zealand and Australia. The sale is part of Sara Lee's effort to shed brands not related to food and drinks, which includes recent sales of its insecticide business and Hanes underwear brand. Reuters (12/28)  | You're Up To Date On Industry News, But What About Life Insurance? Did you know that MetLife Life Insurance premiums can be as low as $12 per month for $250,000 of coverage? Or, as low as $18 per month for $500,000 of coverage. Stay on top of very affordable rates with America's #1 Life Insurer – MetLife.
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 - Cold weather chills Florida alcohol sales
Sales of alcoholic drinks in Florida, already down about 10% because of the recession, are falling even more because of unseasonably cold weather. "People drink less when it's real cold like this," said Ron Chabot of Carroll Distributing. One bright spot is increased sales of craft beers for the holidays, he said. Florida Today (Melbourne) (12/28) - Farmers markets flourish, even in winter
More farmers markets are staying open year-round as farmers take advantage of greenhouses, late plantings and other methods to prolong their growing seasons. In the past two years, the number of winter farmers markets has increased 17% to nearly 900 nationwide, according to the Agriculture Department. USA TODAY/The Associated Press (12/27) - Join the innovation party in 2011
Just as the best parties are thrown by hosts capable of relinquishing control to their guests, so the best innovations come to companies capable of accepting and harnessing the bright ideas of others, Paul Sloane writes. Open innovation is helping companies such as Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble streamline their product pipelines, and it can do the same for your organization. BQF.org.uk (U.K.) (12/28)  | Olympic leadership lessons from USA Basketball
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 - Special K campaign touts emotional gains of weight loss
The Special K brand is giving its two-week weight-loss challenge a new context with a campaign that asks: "What Will You Gain When You Lose?" The campaign, with digital and traditional elements, focuses on the long-term emotional and physical benefits of losing weight. It includes an event Monday in New York's Times Square in which participants will be invited to step on a scale and be surprised with encouraging words instead of their weight. MediaPost Communications/Marketing Daily (12/28)  | Discover the 'Future of Sustainable Household and Laundry Care Packaging'. Covering home and laundry care, it outlines the major drivers and inhibitors of sustainable packaging mostly from a consumers' perspective. Find out more: |
 | Retail Spotlight |  | | | - Tops Markets launches a fee-based wellness program
Tops Markets stores in Buffalo, N.Y., are teaming with Propel Health, a diet and diabetes education business, to offer a wellness program for $20 a year. Participants will receive food and menu advice based on products on sale at the stores, with the goals of preventing and treating chronic diseases and showing that healthful eating is not more expensive. The service may expand to other stores in the region. The Buffalo News (N.Y.) (12/28) 
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| Government & Food Safety | | | | - USDA to implement rules on nutrition labels for meat in 2012
Effective Jan. 1, 2012, cuts of pork, beef, poultry and lamb will be required to have nutrition labels showing information such as the number of calories and total fat content, the Agriculture Department said. "I think it is appropriate for us to provide as much concrete information to consumers as we possibly can, without overwhelming them, so they can make good solid decisions about how many calories they're consuming," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. USA TODAY (12/29)
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